Simplifying the Application for Student Aid Act

Simplifying the Application for Student Aid Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to provide for the use of data from the second preceding tax year to carry out the simplification of the applications used in estimating and determining financial aid eligibility. Requires such simplification to include data sharing between the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of Education, pursuant to taxpayer consent.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4982 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4982

 To simplify the application used for the estimation and determination 
       of financial aid eligibility for postsecondary education.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 26, 2014

  Mr. Bucshon (for himself, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Kline, Mr. 
 George Miller of California, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr. 
Polis, and Mr. Royce) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
            to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To simplify the application used for the estimation and determination 
       of financial aid eligibility for postsecondary education.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Simplifying the Application for 
Student Aid Act''.

SEC. 2. USING DATA FROM SECOND PRECEDING YEAR.

    Section 480(a)(1)(B) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1087vv(a)(1)(B)) is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(B) Notwithstanding section 478(a) and beginning 
                not later than the second January 1 after the date of 
                enactment of the Simplifying the Application for 
                Student Aid Act, the Secretary shall provide for the 
                use of data from the second preceding tax year to carry 
                out the simplification of applications (including 
                simplification for a subset of applications) used for 
                the estimation and determination of financial aid 
                eligibility. Such simplification shall include the 
                sharing of data between the Internal Revenue Service 
                and the Department, pursuant to the consent of the 
                taxpayer.''.
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